BIO:  Samuel L. Bahn, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Manchester Township, Pg 131

SAMUEL L. BAHN, farmer and auctioneer, was born in Spring Garden Township, 
December 2, 1820.  His parents, Adam and Mary (Liebhart) Bahn, were natives of 
Spring Garden and Hellam Township, respectively, and of German descent.  He is 
the sixth child and third son of a family of ten children.  After attending the 
schools of his native place he began the occupation of farming (and auctioneering 
in 1850) which he still pursues.  He is a member of the Evangelical Association, 
was many years a class leader and for twenty years a steward in that 
denomination.  Since 1882 he has been an exhorter in the Emigsville Chapel, and 
has been superintendent of the Union Sunday-school for nearly a quarter of a 
century.  In May, 1847, he was commissioned first lieutenant of the Sixth 
Company, Third Regiment First Brigade of the Pennsylvania Militia, by Gen. Daniel 
A. Stillinger, and served until the militia was disbanded.  Was once elected 
assistant assessor, and twice judge of elections of Manchester Township, and is a 
stockholder in the York City Market and Gettysburgh Turnpike Company.  In 1875 he 
removed from his farm in Conewago Township to his present home on a tract of 
twenty-three acres, beautifully located, and in addition to the work of attending 
it, is representing the Farmers Mutual Insurance Company of York, and for several 
years the Conewago & Dover Insurance Company.  Mr. Bahn was married in York, 
December 5, 1841, to Susan Tyson, daughter of Daniel Tyson, of Spring Garden.  
They have had ten children:  Amanda, Susan, Mary A., Daniel T., John A., Samuel 
F., Frederic M., George W., William H. N. and Elmer E.